| Venue: The training workshop will be held at SDPI or in a local hotel in Islamabad. |
Introduction
Professionals value the importance of good writing that can correctly convey the results of various programs and activities, and achieve the desired outcomes. Organizations appreciate effective and communicative writing and documentation to build their image. Therefore, it is necessary for professionals to acquire skills in effective writing through appropriate training. The workshop will focus on helping the participants to learn the latest & effective techniques of writing through informal, participative, and user-friendly methods.
Objectives
To help participants understand fundamental principles and methods of writing, generate logical arguments through critical and creative thinking, sift to organize writing material efficiently and produce well-structured documents, improve their knowledge of drafting, editing, documentation and presentation of technical reports.
Methodology
SDPI follows participatory and experiential training approach for skill development. The session plans, besides lectures, are developed around experience-sharing, group work, practices and presentations. Based on the feedback on earlier training programmes, sessions have been planned to optimise satisfaction of the participants and achieve objectives of the workshop. Efforts are made to tailor such trainings according to expectations of the registered participants.
The workshop is designed to directly involve participants, individually as well as in groups, in writing effective documents, and they will also have an opportunity to discuss ideas and present solutions.
Contents
- What is writing
- Myths about writing
- Characteristics of a good writer
- What is good writing
- How to develop writing skills
- Elements of technical writing
- Thinking Process
- Core thinking skills
- Critical & creative thinking in practice
- Writing Process
- Pre-writing
- Drafting
- Revising
- Editing
- Finalizing
- Paragraphing
- Types and patterns of paragraphs
- Qualities of a good paragraph
- Reducing paragraph sprawl
- Adding variety and style to paragraphs
- Effective use of transitions to improve writing
- Editing
- Removing fat
- Using proper words
- Achieving consistency
- Sentence combining
- Proof reading
- Checking sentences
- Spellings and punctuation
- Consistency
- Writing Applications
- Types of reports & their components
- Taking minutes of a meeting
- Letters & Memos
- Documentation
- Critiquing Major Sections of a Research Report
Medium
of instructions
EEnglish will be the medium of instruction for this workshop. However, an effort will be made to conduct the workshop using both English and Urdu.
Resource
person
Malik Mushtaq Ahmed holds a Master degree from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. An accomplished and widely acknowledged professional technical writer, he has over 30 years of experience in writing various kinds of reports, technical articles, books and brochures. He has worked in Pakistan Agricultural Research Council as publications and information professional. During this period he trained a large number of persons in report writing skills. He participated in several expert consultations relevant to writing and information, both at national and international levels. He has served as liaison officer in Pakistan for information services, provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. He has represented Pakistan for three years as member of the governing board of SAARC information centre established at Dhaka, Bangladesh. Since his retirement, he is working as a free-lance trainer and has delivered a number of training courses for UN sponsored project staff and managers working in leading NGOs.
Deadline for registration
Please return the attached registration form to the Program Secretary, SDPI, by 1 February 2008 at the latest via fax or mail. The institute will confirm the registration upon receipt of fee by a return fax. Please use a separate registration form for each nominee. Seats are limited; the applicants will be registered on a first come, first serve basis. Bookings will close for registration if all the seats are taken up before the last date.
Registration fee
Rs
11,500/=
per participant.
Discount
- 25% discount is available to the following:
- Women
- SDPI members
- HRDN members on each nomination
- Students registering through their institutions
- Other organizations registering two or more persons
- Special discount for journalists:
- One free seat is available to nominees of Press Clubs. 25% discount will be given on additional nominations
Withdrawal requests will be processed
as under:
| 10
or more days before workshop |
Full
refund |
| Nine
to four days before workshop |
75 percent
refund |
| Three
days before workshop |
50 percent
refund |
| Two
or less days before workshop |
No refund |
Cancellation/postponement
SDPI reserves the right to cancel or postpone
the workshop if circumstances require. In such an event, SDPI will ensure
that registered participants are informed as soon as possible. SDPI will
also refund registration fees according to our refund procedures.
Award
of certificates
- Trainees successfully completing 85 percent of the instructional sessions will be awarded completion certificates.
- Trainees who for genuine reasons are unable of complete 85 percent attendance but attend 60 to 84 percent instructional sessions will be given partial attendance certificates.
- Trainees attending less than 60 percent of instructional sessions will be given letters specifying the sessions that they attended.
Time
9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (daily)
Further information
For further details, please contact Program Support Secretary at Tel: 92-51-2278134 or Fax: 92-51-2278135.
Registration form
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